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Question 1011

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

Mr. Adeyemo is quite a conceited young man?

Aa resourceful

Ban experience

Ca practical

Dan unassuming

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Question 1012

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined

The suggestions he made were very unobtrusive

Aforceful

Bhelpful

Csincere

Dreasonable

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Question 1013

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

The police demanded a factual account of the accident?

Aa supportive

Ban uncorroborated

Can admissible

Dan undisguised

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Question 1014

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined.

'Is it necessary for us to go? she asked in her shrill voice.

Aangry

Bquiet

Cindistinct

Daggressive

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Question 1015

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

Lami and her husband are simply munificent?

Awealthy

Bangry

Chappy

Dniggardly

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Question 1016

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

The man paid a large sum to redeem his mortgage property?

Aransom

Bacquire

Cpawn

Drecover

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Question 1017

jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word
underlined?

The refugees were received at the transit camp?

Apassage

Bpermanent

Ctemporary

Dnearby

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Question 1018

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the underlined letter(s).

pear?

Adear

Byear

Cthere

Dnear

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Question 1019

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the the underlined letter(s).

blue?

Abook

Broot

Cfoot

Dlook

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Question 1020

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the underlined letter(s).

potable

Apaw

Bpot

Cport

Dpost

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Question 1021

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

English?

Aend

Bthin

Cthink

Dedge

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Question 1022

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

clothe?

AThomas

Bthree

Cthey

Dmouth

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Question 1023

jamb 2007

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).

shoes?

Ahorse

Bhouse

Closs

Dreason

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Question 1024

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

Things may change soon, but at the moment our economic situation is precarious?

Aredeemable

Bbuoyant

Cuncertain

Dunattractive

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Question 1025

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

The noise across the road downed the sound of the keyboard in my room?

Aneutralized

Bovershadowed

Cbalanced

Dequalized

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Question 1026

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

beads of sweat ran down Ngozi's armpit?

APools

BSpring

CPonds

DRivulets

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Question 1027

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

The tax rebate was a concession given to the civil servants?

Aa donation

Ban allowance

Can incentive

Dan emolument

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Question 1028

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

The debt the company incurred became rather intolerable?

Ainevitable

Bunprecedented

Cinsupportable

Ddangerous

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Question 1029

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

I visited Amina umpteen times in her college, but she never came to me?

Aoften

Bseldom

Ctwice

Doccasionally

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Question 1030

jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined word.

He holds on firmly to his hackneyed view of life.

Awayward

Bprincipled

Cobsolete

Dpositive

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